When a dirty job is a good job
I was doing some research on Simon Sinek. He writes for AskMen.com and I came across their Top 10 TED Talks.
I came across this little gem. It’s a talk by Mike Rowe, from the Dirty Jobs show.
I won’t steal his thunder, just watch:
How great leaders inspire action – by Simon Sinek
I love this TED talk!
Simon Sinek discusses how great leaders inspire action:
git, Windows 7 & error: error setting certificate verify locations:
Very annoying!
I’ve been trying different version control systems for sometime now and I just couldn’t get git on Windows to work.
I was constantly getting:
$ git fetch “https://some.website.com”
error: error setting certificate verify locations:
CAfile: /bin/curl-ca-bundle.crt
CApath: none
while accessing https://some.website.com/info/refs
fatal: HTTP request failed
I found the solution here.
- Open Notepad with Administrator privileges
- Open the file gitconfig. For me, this was in the folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc
- The line “sslCAinfo = /bin/curl-ca-bundle.crt” is using relative references. Change this to “sslCAinfo = C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin/curl-ca-bundle.crt”
Too easy!
Where is tsadmin.exe?
On Windows 2003, you can easily open Terminal Services Manager by clicking Start / Run / typing tsadmin [enter]
On Windows Server 2008 things are a little different. I found this post on Scott Forsyth’s blog:
This doesn’t work in Windows Server 2008 anymore. The change is ever so slight. In Windows Server 2003 the tool was tsadmin.exe, so typing ‘tsadmin’ was all that was required to start the tool. Now, in Windows Server 2008, this has been moved to a MMC snap-in and is called tsadmin.msc (plus tsadmin.dll is used silently).
So to fix this, click Start / Run / type tsadmin.msc [enter] and you’re good to go!
The 'art' of manliness??
I recently came across the blog The Art of Manliness.
In a recent post, Brett McKay writes on how to measure yourself for clothing (business shirt, pants sizes etc) beyond the typical X, XXL.
I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, I first thought the site was either some sort of homosexaul, greco roman wrestling site or an attention seeking spam site.
I was wrong on both occasions!
It’s a quirky “man’s man” site. It has advice on how to shave, how to tie a tie and to stop hanging out with women and start dating them!
It is as if the writers squared up at Justin Bieber and all the modern day metro sexuals and kicked them square in the nuts!
I was really surprised at how its not gratuitous or rude. It is literally a time warp back to the 1950’s!
Go have a read!
Low carb update
It’s been a while since I last posted on the whole low carb / weight loss thing.
So here’s my 6 months review:
- It works!
- Weight loss to date is 12.5kg / 27 pounds
- My cholesterol is sky high! (7.7)
- My waist measurement is 104cm (<94cm is optimal)
Mentally my outlook has drastically changed. At my age (36) and height (6’2″) I should be aiming for about 90kg. Never before have I felt so confident that I will hit that.
Physically I have so much more energy. Not in the “I’m going to go to the gym for the 9th time this week”. It is more in the little things. For example, I used to leave the dirty dishes in the sink and clean them the next day. Now I see it has something that I can do in 5 minutes.
The only downside I’ve found is sugar. I’ve been following Season 2 of Masterchef. Some of the deserts look fantastic! But from a weight loss point of view they are very expensive!
Take for example a Neenish Tart. I would often have one of these with a coffee (~ 1 per week). Now I know they aren’t good for you and that I shouldn’t have them, but just how bad are they?
(I’m not going to promote one low carb vs another. I had great results with Michael Eades’, your results may vary). The Wikipedia article couldn’t clearly define what is and isn’t low carbs. So for arguments sake, lets say you are eating 20 – 30 grams per day.
What is in a Neenish Tart?
| Nutrition Facts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Serving Size 1 batch 768g | ||
| Calories 3187 | ||
| Calories from Fat 1368 | (42%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 152.0g | 233% | |
| Saturated Fat 93.5g | 467% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 39.8g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 7.1g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 603mg | 201% | |
| Sodium 1807mg | 75% | |
| Potassium 676mg | 19% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 427.9g | 142% | |
| Dietary Fiber 6.3g | 25% | |
| Sugars 250.7g | ||
| Protein 37.3g | 74% | |
| how is this calculated? | ||
In my experience, going off the rails like this isn’t the end of the world, but it can be a setback.
What’s your experience been like?